Top 5 Beer Shops in your area

I travel frequently throughout the US and when I do so, (as many of you!) I make it a point to check out the local shops for great finds and/or rarities. I usually spend a lot of time searching online (including in this forum) for some "insider" info on which places are considered the best. With that in mind I was wondering if we could collectively get a "Top 5" or so list of beer shops for YOUR cities for other BAs to use as a reference in a single thread. So I guess I'll start with Seattle...

Louisville, KY and surrounding:
1. The Keg - Clarksville (Always the go-to for limited release, especially for FFF)
2. The Keg New Albany, IN
3.The Louisville Beer Store - Market St. Downtown (Not the friendliest place in the world, unless you are a hipster. Awesome selection though)
4. Sergio's World Beers (not a store, its a tap house/ eatery, but they sell thousands of beers) - Story Ave. Butchertown
5. The Wine Rack (they sell mostly wine, but they get the good stuff as far as beer they do carry and take requests from locals for what to keep in stock and try to get for limited releases. Also, pretty awesome growler wall) - Frankfort Ave. Louisville

I travel frequently throughout the US and when I do so, (as many of you!) I make it a point to check out the local shops for great finds and/or rarities. I usually spend a lot of time searching online (including in this forum) for some "insider" info on which places are considered the best. With that in mind I was wondering if we could collectively get a "Top 5" or so list of beer shops for YOUR cities for other BAs to use as a reference in a single thread. So I guess I'll start with Seattle...

1. Nathaniel Square Corner Store- small store, but phenomenal selection. All of the good releases come here, plus they have a killer cellaring program. Great, rare taps for growler fills as well. Good prices.
2. AJ's Beer Warehouse- bigger, newer store. 30 taps of NY only beer for growlers. Huge beer cave, with basically everything that is distributed to Rochester, lots of great finds. Good prices.
3. Beers of the World- the largest selection, but probably the most expensive. Seriously exhausting amount of beer here.
4. Hess (Bushnell's Basin location)- gas station with an incredible craft selection. Prices on par with Beers of the World, so a bit too expensive.
5. Wegmans (all locations)- fantastic grocery store with a really respectable selection, and great prices.

Cable Beverages - Bardonia, NY (Rockland County): Fantastic selection packed into a tiny basement of a store, you gotta walk sideways down some isles, but it's worth it.
Growler and Gill - Nanuet, NY (Rockland, County): Nice bottle shop, a little less selection than Cable (though they're only 3 min away from eachother), a nice place to sit down and have a brew. Some nice free tastings on Thurs. nights as well.
Ramsay Liquors - Ramsay, NJ - Nice selection, though a small section hidden in the back right corner
Total Wine - River Edge, NJ - Decent beer selection

Can't think of a number 5. I mainly stick to Cable for bottles and Growler and Gill for growler fills if I'm not over at Captain Lawrence brewery.

Obviously flooded with options but my go-tos are:
1. Craft and Growler: a large growler fill list and some rare bottles that cannot find around Dallas. the most local beers in one place.
2. Bottle Shop Lower Greenville: Weekly tastings and bottle sales that pull in some rare beers
3. Total Wine off of 75: Huge Pick 6 selection and lowest prices I can find
4. Specs: It is a monster of choices
5. Whole Food Park Lane: Growler Fills and very passionate beer group there that try their best to get some stuff no one else can

Coaltrain, in particular, offers exceptional service -- friendly, knowledgeable staff -- with a wide and eclectic offering for such a small store. I'm told they're expanding the size of their current location, so I'm hoping their exquisite service and selections grow with them.

1. Sabatini's Pizza - It's actually a pizza joint with a small bottle section in the takeout area, but his selection is just ridiculous. They can only display about 1/10 of their product. So be sure to ask!
1A. Krugel's (Georgetown Deli)
3. J&H Beer
4. Exit 190
5. Plaza Beverage - It's almost like a mini Shangy's and it just keeps getting better.

Honorable mentions and hidden gems that are worth hitting up if you have time:

John's Market: 1,200 or so beers. The one issue with John's is that they tend to have a lot of old beer. You can often get lucky and find "pre-aged" stouts, sours, and Belgians, but I'd be wary of anything hoppy that doesn't have a bottle date on it

Beaumont Market: Small, under the radar neighborhood place with a walk-in beer cooler full of tasty stuff that has sold out everywhere else in town

1856: Another small hidden gem with a small (but well curated) selection of beer and wine

APEX: Technically a beer bar rather than a bottle shop (50 rotating taps), but they have a rather impressive selection of bottles if you're willing to pay exorbitant prices. Want some Cantillon? They'll have some, but it'll cost you $75 (or more) per bottle.

Full disclosure: I'm the buyer at Belmont Station (so I may be biased), but I think most people who've been here will agree that we deserve to be in the top 5.

Honorable mentions and hidden gems that are worth hitting up if you have time:

John's Market: 1,200 or so beers. The one issue with John's is that they tend to have a lot of old beer. You can often get lucky and find "pre-aged" stouts, sours, and Belgians, but I'd be wary of anything hoppy that doesn't have a bottle date on it

Beaumont Market: Small, under the radar neighborhood place with a walk-in beer cooler full of tasty stuff that has sold out everywhere else in town

1856: Another small hidden gem with a small (but well curated) selection of beer and wine

APEX: Technically a beer bar rather than a bottle shop (50 rotating taps), but they have a rather impressive selection of bottles if you're willing to pay exorbitant prices. Want some Cantillon? They'll have some, but it'll cost you $75 (or more) per bottle.

Full disclosure: I'm the buyer at Belmont Station (so I may be biased), but I think most people who've been here will agree that we deserve to be in the top 5.

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Crap. I knew I was missing someone. I might almost be inclined to bump Bridgetown in favor of Imperial, simply for the unique concept of offering counter-pressure filled pint bottles of anything on their tap list.

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Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC
Sam's Quik Stop - Durham
Peace Street Market - Raleigh
Carrboro Beverage - Carrboro (adjacent to chapel hill)
Weaver St. Market (3 locations - chapel hill, carrboro, and hillsborough this is a co-op grocery with good local choices)
There are three new bottle shops in Raleigh that all sound good, Bottlemixx, Bottle Revolution, and Tasty Beverage Company, that I haven't been to since I moved a little further west.

The Wine Source (best bottle shop right outside the city)
Honeygo (the staff are fun to talk to and they got the best mix six prices, best mix six place in MD probably)
Dawsons/Fishpaws (great prices and great selection, they are a package deal being so close to each other)
Shawan (far from me, but they got a phenomenal sour collection and got a great wall of beer)
Total Wine Beltway/Laurel (best prices on some of the big bottles, with mix six everything)

Honorable Mentions:
The Perfect Pour (largest selection outside of State Line, but some crazy prices)
State Line (largest selection in MD, but I haven't been there)

Sorry, I can't give 5 stores since I live in Juneau, if I lived in Anchorage, it would be different.

Just two and that's:

1. Breeze In (three locations, go to Lemon Creek if you want growlers), the one in Douglas has very minimal amount of stuff, but the Valley location, wow, yeah, I couldn't believe what I could find there when I first moved here, heh heh, wow and I'll leave it at that. If ever come to Juneau, take a taxi there. You'll be surprised.
2. Percy's (downtown easy for the tourists to get to and only place in Juneau with Victory brews [yes, all the way from Pennsylvania]) good selection make sure to walk to the back of the store as they mainly have their liquor up front.

There's actually some others, but its very minimal for the three other stores, so instead, I'll give three restaurants/bars if you don't mind.

3. Hangar on the Wharf (that tap line is about 10 - 12 I think I could be wrong on, something along those lines)
4. Red Dog Saloon (for gun lovers Wyatt Earp's real guns are hanging there), tapline is about maybe 5 - 6 but mostly Alaskan Brewing Company, I have seen some other craft beers there.
5. The Island Pub (in Douglas, nice tap line about 12 - 15) and the food is probably the best you'll find in all of Juneau

There's my 5, but there's a part of me that can't pass up on McGivney's (they're in the Valley) as they keep a good 10 micro taps open at all times (haha, I think a lot of the locals don't want me to say that, but oh well), I spilled my beans for the advocacy of beer.

Gee weez, after looking over most of everybody else's list, sigh, Juneau really doesn't have the quantity as other places in the U.S. However, I'm glad I there's a good quality of brews I can find.

Honorable mentions and hidden gems that are worth hitting up if you have time:

John's Market: 1,200 or so beers. The one issue with John's is that they tend to have a lot of old beer. You can often get lucky and find "pre-aged" stouts, sours, and Belgians, but I'd be wary of anything hoppy that doesn't have a bottle date on it

Beaumont Market: Small, under the radar neighborhood place with a walk-in beer cooler full of tasty stuff that has sold out everywhere else in town

1856: Another small hidden gem with a small (but well curated) selection of beer and wine

APEX: Technically a beer bar rather than a bottle shop (50 rotating taps), but they have a rather impressive selection of bottles if you're willing to pay exorbitant prices. Want some Cantillon? They'll have some, but it'll cost you $75 (or more) per bottle.

Full disclosure: I'm the buyer at Belmont Station (so I may be biased), but I think most people who've been here will agree that we deserve to be in the top 5.

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Jealous as I've heard many good things about your area. Please take it as a good jealous! Cheers!

Cable Beverages - Bardonia, NY (Rockland County): Fantastic selection packed into a tiny basement of a store, you gotta walk sideways down some isles, but it's worth it.
Growler and Gill - Nanuet, NY (Rockland, County): Nice bottle shop, a little less selection than Cable (though they're only 3 min away from eachother), a nice place to sit down and have a brew. Some nice free tastings on Thurs. nights as well.
Ramsay Liquors - Ramsay, NJ - Nice selection, though a small section hidden in the back right corner
Total Wine - River Edge, NJ - Decent beer selection

Can't think of a number 5. I mainly stick to Cable for bottles and Growler and Gill for growler fills if I'm not over at Captain Lawrence brewery.

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I totally agree with your list. Cable is king for me. Whole Foods @ Bergen Town Center in Paramus has a pretty decent selection too